This study describes the design and delivery of a five-day experiential leadership institute of a K-
12 principal certificate program redesigned to meet new state standards and research
recommendations using Kegan's (1982, 1994) constructive developmental theory and Heifetz's
(1994, 2009) adaptive leadership theory. The study investigates ten students' experience and
learning in this adaptation of case-in-point methodology. The study found that students
demonstrated shifts in their perspectives on self, leadership and organizations as systems.
Students showed variations in the complexity of these perspective shifts with some having
micro-developmental characteristics. Case-in-point teaching in the institute supported growth in
complexity of perspective taking through an iterative process of reflection and encounters with
different points of view on personal leadership failures. Adult development framing gave
students a linguistic support to articulate their experience and learning in case-in-point teaching.
Implications for principal preparation and developmental research on leadership education are
discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PITT/oai:PITTETD:etd-03212011-114223 |
| Date | 13 May 2011 |
| Creators | Guilleux, Francois |
| Contributors | Dr. Michael Gunzenhauser, Dr. Carl Johnson, Dr. Charlene Trovato, Dr. Jennifer Garvey Berger |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh |
| Source Sets | University of Pittsburgh |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-03212011-114223/ |
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